Teen Pregnancy Is Plummeting— But Not Because of More Contraception

This week, it has been widely reported that teen pregnancy has plummeted due to greater use of contraception.

These reports are misleading (to say the least).

While teen birthrates have dramatically decreased in recent years, facts do not support contraception as the main cause.

Interestingly enough, liberal site MotherJones has been the only media source challenging the Guttmacher Institute’s new “finding”. MotherJones used the Guttmacher’s own charts to show that contraception use dropped slightly between 2009 and 2012—yet teenage pregnancies fell by 20% during the same period.